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Commons Chamber
Environment Bill
Report stage - Wed 26 May 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Pow (CON - Taunton Deane) to protect existing trees and plant new ones—back to trees again; and due diligence requirements to - Speech Link
2: None a good mix of fruit trees, deciduous trees and other varieties of trees creating a rich biodiversity - Speech Link
3: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) and woods, but it has been published as a shortlist of commitments, with three years of funding. - Speech Link
4: Mary Kelly Foy (LAB - City of Durham) The bluebells in Houghall woods are particularly beautiful in April.Whether it is water quality, habitat - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance Bill
Report stage - Mon 24 May 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) us to understand the consequences of the UK Government’s actions in this area.We are not out of the woods - Speech Link
2: None )” and insert “subsections (4) and (7)”. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Mon 17 May 2021
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Carrington (CB - Excepted Hereditary) For instance, the only reference to trees is in Clause 100, which covers tree felling and planting, except - Speech Link
2: Lord Colgrain (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Government to consider is the wider application of carbon credits to woodland, not just for newly planted woods—which - Speech Link
3: Baroness Benjamin (LDEM - Life peer) When the Government are considering areas where trees can be planted, are they also looking at local - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Biodiversity - Wed 28 Apr 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Boycott (CB - Life peer) You will hear nothing—no birds and no insects—and there will probably be no trees. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) As an example, the Woodland Trust’s recent report on the state of the UK’s woods and trees emphasised - Speech Link
3: Baroness Walmsley (LDEM - Life peer) Flooding carries soils away, yet we know that planting trees can help to prevent this. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) the nature for climate fund in England, which will support our objective to plant 30,000 hectares of trees - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Biodiversity Emergency - Thu 22 Apr 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) The Woodland Trust’s recent report, State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021, is a startling indictment - Speech Link
2: Earl of Devon (CB - Excepted Hereditary) I vividly recall camping out at night to see a rare badger in the woods. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) and trees which finds that only 7% are in a good ecological condition. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jason McCartney (CON - Colne Valley) According to the Woodland Trust’s “State of the UK’s Woods and Trees” report, 1,225 ancient woods across - Speech Link
2: Robert Jenrick (CON - Newark) planning policy framework to set an expectation that all new residential streets will be lined with trees - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 - Thu 15 Apr 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) briefing with the Minister, I attended the launch of the Woodland Trust’s report, State of the UK’s Woods - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 - Thu 28 Jan 2021
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Charlotte Nichols (LAB - Warrington North) It is one of four “new years” within the Jewish calendar, marking the birthday of trees for the purposes - Speech Link
2: James Sunderland (CON - Bracknell) It became obvious that in the woods behind the big, barbed wire fence, there were some strange buildings - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trees - Mon 25 Jan 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) They cost the economy around £1.8 billion per year and they impact negatively on our trees and woodlands - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) My Lords, trees are essential to meeting the Government’s biodiversity and carbon targets. - Speech Link
3: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) We have the tools and the funding in place to deliver the trees that we need. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Walmsley (LDEM - Life peer) more carbon than equivalent areas of woods plus pasture. - Speech Link
5: Lord Krebs (CB - Life peer) mature elm trees and a projected 100 million ash trees. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill
Ping Pong - Tue 19 Jan 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Cheryl Gillan (CON - Chesham and Amersham) I hope that individual trees will be covered and that the reports the Minister gets will include how - Speech Link
2: Matt Western (LAB - Warwick and Leamington) In all, 63 ancient woods stand in the intended path of HS2. - Speech Link
3: Theo Clarke (CON - Stafford) to be cutting down trees, which is counterproductive.Since my election, I have consistently represented - Speech Link